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No. 567,435. Patented Sept. 8, 1896 1 UNITED PATENT- B GE.

FREDZIELKE, oE MARsHr ELn, Wisconsin, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO VGEORGESEUBERT, o sAME PLACE.

'AUTQ'MATIC STOP FOR MACHINES.-

SPEGI FICAT ION fQrming part of Letters Patent No, 567,435, datedSeptember 8, 1896.

Application filed June 22,1896 serm1No.596,4 51. (No model.) K

To a/ZZtuhom it mag concern: 7 Be it known th at"I ,FRED ZIELKE, a citi:zen of the United States, and .a resident of Marshfield,in the county oflVod and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements inAutomatic Stops for Machines; and I do hereby declarethatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof Myinvention has for its object to provide a simple, economicah'andefficient automatic stop mechanism especially designed for use inconnection with machines for weaving spring-wire mattresses, butapplicable to a variety of machines; and it consists in certainpeculiarities of construction and combination of parts hereinafter setforth with reference "to the accompanying drawings and subsespectiveview of an automatic stop mechan- W ism constructed according to myinvention; Fig. 2, a detail sectional View of part of the quentlyclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a permechanism, the plane of thesection being infast to any. suitable support.

dicated by line 2 2 in the succeeding figure; and Fig. 3, a similarView, indicated by line '3 3 in the preceding figure.

, Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a drive-shaft thatmay constitute part of a machine for weaving spring-wire mat- 'tresses,this shaft being shown with a loose pulley B and fast pulley O for abelt D, the

latter being moved from one to the other of the pulleys by means of ashifter E, thatcon stitutes partof my improved automatic stop mechanism.The pulley and belt gear is shown anddescribed as a matter ofconvenience, it beingunderstood that the shifter E may be madetocooperate with a clutch, friction, or such other start-and-stop gear asmay be employed in connection with the drive shaft A of the wire-weavingmachine. Fast on shaft A is a worm F in mesh with a wormwheel G, rigidlysecured to a spindle H by a set-screw b or other suitable means, thespinfdle being journaled in standards 0 c on a horizontal plate I, thatin practice is made Contained in an annular flange G of the worm-wheelis a split friction-band J, having its extremities ears d, that engageacorresponding wedgegroove in a blockK, arranged between parallelwingse, that flank a longitudinal recess in the aforesaid flange. 'The blockK is opposed by a screw fin a lever L, fulcrumed to the flange-wings eof the worm-wheel and extended. through the latter to have workingcontact with a cone M, that is longitudinally adjustable on thespindleH, the adjustment being effected by tilt of a bell-crank N, fulcrumed toa lugg on plate I andhaving a spanner extremity h engaged with saidcone. Engaging the friction-band J is the hub i of a pulley P, thatturns on spindle H, and fast on the pulley is one end of a flexiblehanger j for a weight Q of any suitable dimensions. The bell-crank N, isshown as having that end thereof'farthest from thecone-spanner providedwith an antifriction-roller engaging a cam-bracket R, made fast to aloose rod S, that is centered in vertical guide-arms 7c on'plate I,and'carries the shifter E above specifiedg A spiral spring T is arrangedon preferably spring-controlled latch U, that en-,

gages with a recess nin rod S, and'a cam-trip V, connected to pulley P,cooperates with the latch to bring it out of the rodrecess.

.The rod S is connected to a pull W, and a pull X is connected to latchU, these pulls being preferablyflexible and designed for connection witht-readles or levers within easy reach of the operator of thewire-weaving machine. I

The pulley P is provided with tapped openings p at suitable intervals ona circle for engagement of a cam-trip'set-screw r, and thus provision ismade for adjustable connection of the cam-trip with said pulley. A pins, extending in from standard 0, comes in p the path of a lug t onpulley P to check rotation of the latter when under the power of weightQ in flexible connection therewith, and the set of cam-trip V withrelation to the pulley-lug determines the length of wire run by theWeaving-machine before the latter is automatically stopped. From theforegoing it will be-understood that the'rod -S is pulle said spindle inopposition to the lever, a bellhave hereunto set my hand, at Marshfield,in crank having spanner connection with the. the county of Wood andState of Wisconsin, cone, a cam-bracket on said pull-rod engagin thepresence of two Witnesses.

ing the bell-crank, and suitable means for FRED ZIELKE. 5 impartingindependent reverse movement to Witnesses:

said pulley. JOHN F. COLE,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I MATTIE E. ARMSTRONG.

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GROSSGUT SAW. No. 567,436.

Patented Sept, 8,1896.-

